Re: [SLE] GRUB menu.lst entry questions (boot splash verbosity)

From: Philip Amadeo Saeli (psaeli_at_zorodyne.com)
Date: 12/28/03

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    * Joe Morris (NTM) <Joe_Morris@ntm.org> [2003.12.28 08:52]:
    > On 12/28/2003 02:51 PM, Philip Amadeo Saeli wrote:
    >
    > >Under SuSE Linux 9.0 (freshly installed), though I've edited an entry in
    > >the GRUB menu.lst, setting "splash=verbose", I still have to hit the
    > >"F2" key to get the boot messages, otherwise only the progress bar
    > >shows.
    > >
    > How did you edit it? I believe you must still need to rewrite these
    > changes to the MBR. It would be best to make these changes via Yast
    > Bootloader Configuration.

    FWIK, with GRUB one does not have to update the boot blk (usually in
    the MBR) after changing the menu.lst file (as has to be done with lilo
    after modifying the lilo.conf).

    I'm used to editing config files by hand and still have a hard time
    trusting those newfangled GUI system config tools such as YaST, esp when
    you consider how complex they really are and how difficult it can be for
    their developer to get them correct, esp WRT boundary conditions.

    > >After the system boots, looking at the contents of /proc/cmdline
    > >shows "splash=silent" in the cmdline!?! Where does that come from???
    > >
    > Original settings???

    Right. Where are they specified? They are not in the menu.lst file, or
    any other grub-related file I can find. I still have to do some
    trial-and-error and see what else I can find out (probably sometime
    tomorrow, though, it's now after my [prudent] bedtime!).

    > >2. What does "showopts" mean???
    > >
    > From trial and error it means everything to its left is hidden, and
    > everything to its right is shown on the bottom of the Grub boot screen.

    Ok, this is consistent with the code I found in the gfxboot-devel pkg.
    I guess that means that you can see and edit the non-hidden part there
    in the bottom of the GRUB boot screen prior to booting?

    Thanks! 

    -- 
Philip Amadeo Saeli
SuSE Linux 8.2 (9.0 soon?)
psaeli@zorodyne.com
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